Category Archives: Football
Saturday Scoreboard: T-Birds Advance to Finals; Bears Hoops Wins Opener
High school football
2A State Semifinals
Tumwater 45, Prosser 40 – Box score
Griffin Shea caught three touchdown passes and Trevor Davis rushed for a pair of second half touchdowns and Tumwater survived a late Prosser surge to move into the 2A state championship game with a 45-40 win at Edgar Brown Stadium in Pasco.
Tumwater is now 13-0 and earned a rematch with 13-0 Lynden on Saturday, December 7th at 10:00 AM at the Tacoma Dome. Last year, the Lions routed the T-Birds, 41-7, in the title game.
Boys basketball
Olympia 63, Capital 49
Men’s basketball
Columbia Basin 80, SPSCC 55 – Box score
Women’s basketball
Pacific Lutheran 71, Saint Martin’s 54 – Recap
Today (11/30): T-Birds Hit the Road for Semis Battle With Prosser
High school football
2A State Semifinals
Tumwater vs. Prosser – Edgar Brown Stadium, Pasco – 3:00 PM
Radio: KGY or JeffPlace.com
Tumwater and Prosser meet in the semifinals in the Tri-Cities for the second year in a row. Last year, the T-Birds came away from Lampson Stadium in Kennewick with a 35-21 win and moved on to play Lynden in the state title game. This year, the T-Birds come into the game at 12-0 while Prosser is 9-3.
Here are some links to get you ready for today’s game….
Tumwater, Prosser hope to add to storied histories – The Olympian
CLASS 2A FOOTBALL: Prosser seniors lead the way – Tri-City Herald
ScoreCzar prediction: Tumwater 32, Prosser 14 – ScoreCzar.org
Capsule from Tri-City Herald – Tri-City Herald
Trevor Davis and Addison Barrett pack a powerful wallop for undefeated Thunderbirds – The Olympian
Saturday Scores: Geoducks Upset #17, Saints Wallop Eagles; T-Birds Roll On, Bears Take 3rd
Women’s basketball
Evergreen 84, Lewis & Clark 75 – Recap
Saint Martin’s 68, Northwest 30 – Recap
With 4:14 left to play, Katie Anderson hit a three pointer to put Lewis & Clark up 71-68 over Evergreen at the CRC Gymnasium. But the Geoducks finished the game on a 16-4 run to upset the NCAA Division III’s 17th-ranked team, 84-75. The Geoducks shot 52.4% from the field and had five players score in double digits including Kiemba Pearson’s 17 points off of the bench.
Sadee Jones and Jessica Denmon scored 15 and 14 points respectively and Brittany Gray added 13 with eight rebounds. Sammi Clark went scoreless in the first half but chipped in 11 points in the final 20 minutes to go along with six assists.
Evergreen won their third game in a row and are 3-2 this season.
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Saint Martin’s gave up just 30 points tonight, the least amount of points they have allowed since they jumped to NCAA Divison II, to waltz to a 68-30 win over Northwest University at Marcus Pavilion. The Eagles committed 32 personal fouls and the Saints made 24 of 37 free throws while Northwest shot just four free throws all evening.
The Saints hit eight three pointers, three each from Angela Gelhar and Jordyn Richardson, who scored 14 and 11 points respectively. Ciara Pedroni and Chelsea Haskey tallied 11 points each and Liz Mills added 10.
Northwest kept it close in the early going and led 10-9 with just eight minutes gone but were held scoreless over the next five minutes and the Saints went on a 27-5 run over a 12 minute span to close out the first half.
Just like Evergreen, Saint Martin’s has won three straight games and is 3-1 this season.
High school football
2A State Quarterfinals
Tumwater 45, White River 7
Tumwater trailed for the first time in the postseason when White River jumped out to a 7-0 lead and led by just seven at the half, but turned on the afterburners in the second half to heat up the frigid crowd and to roll past the Hornets, 45-7.
The T-Birds will likely travel to the Tri-Cities on Saturday next week to take on Prosser, who knocked off Mark Morris 45-22. The game is expected to be played at Lampson Stadium in Kennewick on Saturday afternoon.
Girls soccer
4A 3rd/4th Place Game
Olympia 0, Mead 0 – Olympia wins shootout 2-0.
College volleyball
Northwest Nazarene 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap
Riddled by injuries, Saint Martin’s finished the season on a ten game losing streak with their straight sets loss to Northwest Nazarene. The Saints ended the season at 7-23 overall and 3-15 in GNAC play.
Today (11/23): Bears for 3rd; Women’s Hoops; T-Birds Battle Hornets; Fights
Girls soccer
4A 3rd/4th Place Game
Olympia vs. Mead – Sparks Stadium, Puyallup – Noon
Women’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Alumni – SPSCC Gym – 3:00 PM
Evergreen vs. Lewis & Clark – CRC Gymnasium – 6:00 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
High school football
2A State Quarterfinals
Tumwater @ White River – Orting Stadium – 4:00 PM
Radio: KGY and Eli Sports
ScoreCzar prediction: Tumwater 32, White River 10
Mixed Martial Arts
Northwest Fight Challenge XVIII – South Sound Sports Center – 7:00 PM
All-Narrows League Football Teams: Becker Named 4A Offensive MVP
3A Offensive MVP Derrick Becker celebrates after beating South Kitsap
Earlier this week the Narrows League released their all-league football teams and Olympia QB Derrick Becker was named the 4A Offensive MVP. Becker, a transfer from Capital this season, led the Bears to a 7-3 record but just barely missed out on the playoffs.
MVP honors went to Gig Harbor’s running back Sterling Brown in 4A and Lincoln running back Rayshawn Miller in 3A.
The Olympian has the full teams, but here are the local players honored, broken down by school…
4A Narrows
Olympia
Offensive MVP: Derrick Becker, Sr.
First team
WR: Mitch Fettig, Sr.
OL: JP Forbord, Sr.
DL: Alex Grant, Sr.
DB: Mitch Fettig, Sr.
Second team
RB: Cedar Frost, Sr.
TE: Braeden Neal, Sr.
OL: Jimmy Fish, Sr.
DB: David Woodward, So.
Honorable mention
WR: Collin Courter, Jr.
DL: Josh Newbill, Sr.
LB: Clay Markoff, So., Elijah dela Cruz, Sr.
DB: Cooper Murphy, Sr. Derek Buehler, Jr.
Yelm
First team
DL: Collin Crown, Jr.
LB: Cody Burk, Sr.
K: Vernon Parker, So.
Second team
OL: Nathan Mix, Sr.
Honorable mention
OL: William Benbrook, Sr.
LB: Aaron Rivera, Sr.
3A Narrows
North Thurston
First team
RB: Hayden Maliska, Sr.
FB: Josh Ramirez, Sr.
OL: Jake Grantham, Sr.
DL: Jake Grantham, Sr.
LB: Grant Williams, Sr.
DB: Malachai Hicks, Jr.
K: Matt Longnecker, Sr.
Second team
OL: Alex Rice, Sr.
Shelton
First team
LB: Brian Nault, Jr.
Second team
LB: Gordon Henry, Sr.
K: Godon Henry, Sr.
Honorable mention
RB: Jake Henry, Jr.
WR: Michael Sobotka, Sr.
OL: Hunter Ostenson, Sr.
DB: Colton Hubble, Sr.
Timberline
Coaching Staff of the Year
First team
RB: Andrew Paquin, Jr.
OL: Dylan Reinhold, Sr., Royce Christiansen, Sr.
DL: Chris Jones, Jr.
LB: Brennon Kaleiwahea, Sr.
DB: Jeff Winstead, Sr.
Long snapper: Dylan Reinhold, Sr.
Athlete: Jonathan Dowell, Jr.
Second team
FB: Jeff Winstead, Sr.
DL: Cole Stevens, Sr.
LB: David Harper, Sr.
DB: Stevie Cleveland, Jr.
Returner: Stevie Cleveland, Jr.
Honorable mention
QB: Gabe Gutierrez, Jr.
DL: Kyler Hawkins, Jr.
LB: Connor Crump, So.
DB: Garrett Reeser, Sr., Trent Gallagher, Sr., Javon Watson, Sr.
2A EvCo All-League Football Teams: Cummings MVP; Racimo, Grate Defensive MVPs
The 2A Evergreen Conference all-league teams are out and Tumwater’s Christian Cummings has been named the MVP. Capital’s Jakob Racimo and Black Hills’ Zach Grate took home Co-Defensive MVPs and WF West’s Tanner Gueller was named the offensive MVP.
The Chronicle’s Lewis County Sports blog has the full teams. Here are the local players honored, broken down by school…
Black Hills
Co-Defensive MVP: Zach Grate, Sr.
First team
RB: Mitch Stone, Sr.
WR: Nick Knittle, Sr.
K: Luke Taylor, Sr.
DL: Josh Moloney, Sr.
DB: Cooper Nygren, Jr.
Second team
OL: Sam Zvirzdys, Sr.
QB: Jayden Troy, Jr.
WR: Mark Melendres, So.
Honorable mention
Zach Joaquin, Sr., Gabe Adamson, So., Kylor Noyen, Jr., Jacob Newton, Jr.
Capital
Co-Defensive MVP: Jakob Racimo, Sr.
First team
RB: Ryan Rieta, Jr., Connor Kennedy, Jr.
DL: Duncan Mattson, Jr.
LB: Sam LeBlanc, Jr. Huy Vu, Sr.
DB: Jacob Johnson, Jr.
Second team
OL: Mason Manning, Jr.
WR: Michael Randall, Sr.
DL: Dylan Ainuu, Sr.
LB: Gavin Armitage, So.
DB: Danny Leatherwood, Jr.
Honorable mention
Brian Davidson, Sr., Drew Johnson, Jr., Dallen Prichett, Jr.
River Ridge
First team
WR: Jason Kananin, Jr.
DL: Sean Roberts, Sr.
Second team
OL: Jonathan Lazik, Jr.
RB: Elijah Camacho, Sr.
LB: Zach Carter, Fr.
DB: Chris Leiba, Jr.
Honorable mention
Gabe Fraser, Sr., Michael Key, Jr., Tom Clark, Jr., Dejuan Frye, Jr.
Tumwater
MVP: Christian Cummings, Sr.
Coaching Staff of the Year
First team
OL: Korye Trejo, Sr., Dayton Newell, Sr.
QB: Jayden Croft, Sr.
TE: Zach Delucco, Sr.
P: Elijah Hill, Jr.
DL: Nick Foerstel, Sr.
LB: Addison Barrett, Jr., Trevor Davis, Jr.
DB: Gabe Gleizes, Sr.
Second team
OL: Nathan Padgett, Sr.
RB: Easton Trakel, So., Tyrus Snow, Jr.
WR: Griffin Shea, So.
DL: Daniel Dickason, Jr.
DB: Garrett Terrell, Sr., Logan Schiendelman, Sr.
Honorable mention
Logan Hedin-Baughn, Jr., Kaden Prosser, Jr., Hunter Moore, Sr.
Saturday Preps Scores: Cougs, T-Birds, Blazers Place at State; Tumwater Football Stays Perfect
High school volleyball
3A State Tournament
Consolation: Timberline 3, Prairie 2 (25-23, 25-27, 25-22, 21-25, 15-12)
7th/8th place: Timberline 3, Kennedy Catholic (25-13, 16-25, 25-13, 27-25)
2A State Tournament
Semifinals: Capital 3, Sehome 1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-13)
Championship: Burlington-Edison 3, Capital 0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-17) – Photos
Consolation: Tumwater 3, East Valley 1 (26-24, 16-25, 25-21, 25-16)
5th/6th place: North Kitsap 3, Tumwater 2 (27-25, 25-21, 15-25, 17-25, 15-12)
High school football
2A State Tournament First Round
Tumwater 52, Sehome 22 – The Olympian
Tyrus Snow rushed for 171 yard and three touchdowns and Christian Cummings 173 yards and a touchdown to lead Tumwater to a 52-22 win over Sehome in the opening round of the state playoffs at Tumwater Stadium.
The T-Birds jumped out to a 14-0 lead on Cummings’ 71 yard rushing TD and a fumble recovery in the endzone by Dayton Newell. Snow scored the next four touchdowns in the second and third quarters to extend Tumwater’s lead to 42-8.
The T-Birds continued their undefeated season and will travel to Buckley to take on White River in the quarterfinals next Friday or Saturday.
Today (11/16): Cougars Volleyball in Semis; T-Birds Football Faces Sehome; SPSCC Men Tip-Off
High school volleyball
4A State Tournament – Marcus Pavilion – 8:00 AM – Bracket
3A State Tournament – Marcus Pavilion – 9:45 AM – Bracket
Consolation: Timberline vs. Prairie – Court #3 – 9:45 AM
2A State Tournament – Pierce College, Steilacoom – Bracket
Consolation: Tumwater vs. East Valley (Spokane) – Court #1 – 11:00 AM
Semifinals: Capital vs. Sehome – Court #1 – 1:00 PM
High school football
2A State Tournament First Round
Tumwater vs. Sehome – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s vs. Montana State-Billings – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Men’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Concordia JV – SPSCC Gym – 7:00 PM
Rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes vs. Portland Pigs – The RAC – 2:30 PM
Today (11/15): State Tourneys for Blazers, T-Birds, Cougars, Bears, Beavers
High school volleyball
4A State Tournament – Marcus Pavilion – 8:00 AM – Bracket
3A State Tournament – Marcus Pavilion – 11:45 AM – Bracket
Timberline vs. Holy Names – Court #1 – 5:15 PM
2A State Tournament – Pierce College, Steilacoom – Bracket
Tumwater vs. Washington – Court #2 – 8:00 AM
Capital vs. Port Angeles – Court #2 – 9:45 AM
The volleyball state tournaments get underway today with three local school still alive and kicking. Timberline stays in Lacey and plays their opening round game at 5:15 at Marcus Pavilion. Saint Martin’s and Timberline will host the tournament all day today and all day tomorrow.
Capital and Tumwater head up to Steilacoom for the 2A tourney. The T-Birds get it going bright and early at 8:00 AM and the Cougars will follow them up on the same court at 9:45.
The Olympian did the heavy lifting and has a quick preview of all three tournaments (4A, 3A, 2A) and you can listen to the 2A tournament on the Eli Sports Network.
Girls soccer
4A state tournament quarterfinals – Bracket
Olympia vs. Inglemoor – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia pulled off a minor shocker (at least to me) when they dropped Edmonds-Woodway at Edmonds Stadium on Tuesday. They now get to host their quarterfinal match-up with Inglemoor at 7:00 PM.
Inglemoor pulled off a 1-0 win over Kentridge and improved to 12-2-3 this season. The Vikings have scored just 35 goals this season but have allowed just seven goals. They feature Oregon commit Abby Morrow at Midfield and Forward.
The winner of tonight’s game will move into the semis and will face either Skyline or Issaquah at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner at 8:00 PM next Friday.
High school football
1A State Tournament First Round – Bracket
Tenino vs. King’s – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
Tenino has been rolling winners of four straight games and six of their last seven after an 0-3 start. They knocked off White Salmon convincingly, 41-7, last week and now turn their sights on King’s.
The private school in Shoreline plays in the mixed 1A/2A Cascade Conference and played seven 2A schools this season including close losses to Lynden and Lakewood, their only two losses of the season. They get to tune up all season long against 2A teams and then drop down to battle 1A schools once the postseason rolls around. In the crossover game, they easily beat Eatonville 30-12.
ScoreCzar is picking King’s to win 27-10. You can hear a webcast of the game on the KELA website.
High School Football Power Rankings: T-Birds and Beavers Advance
T-Birds one of two teams left
And then there were two. Tumwater and Tenino both rolled in their district crossover games and advanced to the 2A and 1A state tournaments. Both teams will host games in the opening round of state.
Tumwater will have the easier road with 5-5 Sehome coming to town on Saturday night, though Sehome did take out undefeated Lakewood to get to state.
Meanwhile, Tenino will have to face 8-2 King’s in Centralia. King’s only two blemishes were a 14-6 opening day loss to then 2A #1 Lynden and a loss to another high ranked 2A team, previously undefeated Lakewood.
Timberline couldn’t overcome injuries, Rochester struggled against a really good team and Capital fought valiantly but all were eliminated after just one postseason game.
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Still alive
1. Tumwater T-Birds (10-0)
Last week: #1 (No change)
Previous game: Tumwater 42, Aberdeen 12
First round state playoffs: vs. Sehome (5-5) – Tumwater Stadium – Saturday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Not a surprise, Tumwater rolled. Aberdeen had just three days of rest after winning a three way playoff on Tuesday and only scored their 12 points after the T-Birds had taken a 42 point lead. They now face Sehome who are just 5-5 this season but are 4-1 over the last half of the year and just completed a major upset when they convincingly took out undefeated Lakewood, 35-13. The winner will take on either Orting or White River on the road.
2. Tenino Beavers (6-4)
Last week: #3 (+1)
Previous game: Tenino 41, White Salmon 7
First round state playoffs: vs. King’s (8-2) – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Tenino only allowed a kick off return touchdown at the end of the first half to White Salmon and then put 27 points on the board in the second half to eliminate White Salmon. Zack Chamberlain rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns and Thomas Pier had over 100 receiving yards and two touchdowns and the Beavers suddenly look like an offensive juggernaut. They’ll need it this week when they take on King’s. The Shoreline school has just two losses, both close games to highly ranked 2A schools.
Eliminated from the playoffs in districts
3. Timberline Blazers (6-4)
Last week: #2 (-1)
Previous game: Meadowdale 28, Timberline 21
4. Capital Cougars (4-6)
Last week: #4 (No change)
Previous game: Mark Morris 13, Capital 10
5. Rochester Warriors (6-4)
Last week: #5 (No change)
Previous game: Woodland 47, Rochester 21
Missed the playoffs
6. Olympia Bears (7-3)
Last week: #6 (No change)
Previous game: Olympia 34, North Thurston 0
7. North Thurston (5-5)
Last week: #7 (No change)
Previous game: Olympia 34, North Thurston 0
8. Black Hills (4-5)
Last week: #8 (No change)
9. River Ridge (4-5)
Last week: #9 (No change)
10. Yelm Tornadoes (4-6)
Last week: #10 (No change)
Previous game: Yelm 44, Mount Tahoma 8
11. Rainier Mountaineers (3-7)
Last week: #11 (No change)
Previous game: Rainer 50, Winlock 14
12. Shelton Highclimbers (2-8)
Last week: #12 (No change)
Previous game: Shelton 22, Stadium 20
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